First Sunday of Lent – 2017

Since last Wednesday, “Ash Wednesday,” the Catholic Church, along with other Christian churches, began a 40 day period of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. This leads up to Holy Week, and the commemoration of the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Today, the First Sunday of Lent, the sanctuary of our church is decorated in somber, purple; with no flowers. We process in, not with hymns, but chanting prayers, begging for God’s mercy; and for the intercession of the saints.

The scripture readings for today, first tell of how our first parents, gave into temptation, and brought sin and death into the world. Then we hear the Gospel, the “Good News,” of how Jesus resisted temptation, and began the journey that would lead to our liberation.

So how will we spend these days of Lent; will we intensify our spiritual lives? Will we “repent and believe the Good News?” Will we be lights to a world so threatened by darkness, by hate, and violence. Let us “prepare the way of the Lord, and be witnesses of the power of His Love!

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Thank you for confirming this so beautifully. My husband and I were trying to encourage our grandchildren to understand the reality of the scriptures from both the old and new Testament explaining the importance as a personal discipline of this Lenten Season. So much in the world and in life is troubling yet the scriptural approach to seasons like Lent give us each one a chance to reassess our own relationship with our God and flow accordingly. Your blog is appreciated very much.

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